Genesis 42:11:7Gen.42.11.W7PAT

לֹא־הָי֥וּ

lohayu

were not

Transliteration
lo-ha-YU
Extended
loh-hah-YOO
IPA
/loː.haː.ˈjuː/

Meaning by language

English
were not
French
n'étaient pas
Spanish
no fueron
Portuguese
não foram
German
waren nicht
Russian
не были
Arabic-Simplified
لم يكونوا
Hindi
नहीं थे
Chinese-Simplified
不是
Korean
아니었다
Indonesian
bukan
Bengali
ছিল না
Tagalog
ay hindi naging
Swahili
hawakuwa
Amharic
አልነበሩም
Yoruba
kò jẹ́
Igbo
abụghị
Twi
annyɛ
Ewe
menye

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Result
לֹא + הָ + י֥וּ
lo + ha + yu
lohayu

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-ha-YU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-ha-YU a-va-DE-kha

  3. clause

    ke-NIM a-NAKH-nu lo-ha-YU a-va-DE-kha me-rag-ge-LIM

  4. sentence

    kul-LA-nu be-NEI ish-e-KHAD NAKH-nu ke-NIM a-NAKH-nu lo-ha-YU a-va-DE-kha me-rag-ge-LIM

In contextGenesis 42:11

all of us sons of one man we honest we were not your servants spies

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 42:11, so the Hebrew word לֹא־הָי֥וּ (lohayu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.42.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.11.W7.S1) and character.